The death toll from a landslide which hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 46 after the last body was retrieved by Saturday noon, according to Xinhua News Agency.

The landslide hit the Zhaojiagou area of Gaopo Village around 8:20 a.m. Friday. Forty-six residents -- 27 adults and 19 children -- were buried in the rock and mud debris.

Two other injured people were sent to a nearby hospital, and it has been confirmed that their injuries are not life-threatening.

Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Wen Jiabao and Li Keqiang have ordered all-out efforts to rescue victims of the landslide in order to minimize casualties from the disaster.

Xi, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said efforts must be made to resettle affected residents, prevent secondary disasters and successfully complete relief work so as to ensure stability.

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